The Third of February...

I have discovered a new thing.  I cannot imagine who came up with this contraption.  I had never noticed it before.  I thought it was just a piece of broken counter top.  I was unaware that this piece of steel did anything but take up space where the counters could not touch.  I think I will call it a stove...

What I have found is that this thing makes raw materials and helps them merge into delicious dishes.  Delicious dishes...love that phrase.  I only need two tools in the kitchen to make this eating primal thing work.  One is this magical stove thing and the other is this wonderful, gift of the modern age...

This neat little invention is what I call a juicer.  It is imperative for my eating on a daily basis.  I just cannot eat all of this in one sitting and not have my jaw hurt...

That was breakfast this morning.  It is a normal breakfast for me.  I usually have some sort of combination of Celery, Kale, Cucumber, Carrots, Apples, Spinach, Parsley and Beats.  Sometimes I get crazy and throw in a Tomato. 

This morning it was half a bunch of celery, a half of a bunch of kale, 3 good sized carrots, 2 apples, about 2 cups of spinach, one good sized beet and a bunch of parsley.  It made about 36 ounces of juice.  Now I will admit that over the last month or so of juicing everyday that I have come to enjoy the taste, but if this is your first juice, avoid the spinach and beet.  This concoction tastes like sweetened dirt.  It is hard to explain but it is awesome.

Let's take a look at what is in this thing...

Celery (About 3 cups):

Vitamin K 98% DRI/DV (
Vitamin A 45%
Folate 27%
Vitamin C 12%
Potassium 21%
Vitamin B2 15%
Calcium 12%

Kale (About 3 cups):

Vitamin K 3300%
Vitamin A 1800%
Vitamin C 210%
Calcium 27%
Omega 3 Fats 16%
Protein 15%
Potassium 24%


Carrots (About 2 cups):

Vitamin A 1300%
Vitamin K 35%
Potassium 22%
Vitamin C 20%
Folate 11%

Apples (About 2 cups):

Vitamin C 23%

Spinach (About 2 cups):

Vitamin K 1800%
Vitamin A 1200%
Iron 70%
Calcium 50%
Potassium 45%
Omega 3 Fats 15%
Protein 20%

Beets (About 1 cup):

Folate 35%
Potassium 15%
Iron 10%

Parsley (About 1 cup):

Vitamin K 140%
Vitamin A 25%
Vitamin C 15%
Iron 5%

So with one juice I get the following:

5,373% of my daily Vitamin K...
4,370% of my daily Vitamin A...
280% of my daily Vitamin C...
89% of my daily Calcium...
96% of my daily Potassium...
85% of my daily Iron...
73% of my daily Folate...
35% of my daily Protein...
31% of my daily Omega 3 Fats...

It makes me feel awesome, and I used to wonder why until I finally counted all this and added it up.  It blew me away.  It is 7:30 in the morning, I have already worked out for the day, and then I put this rocket fuel in my system.

I moved on through the day and had some berries and natural dark chocolate covered almonds for lunch.  After my CrossFit workout this evening I had half a pint of raw natural yogurt from Gramen Farm with some blueberries added to it before I ate a few eggs and some all natural no preservatives, no pesticides, no steroids, no hormones and pretty much God natural pork sausage.

This is the way to eat...And I am not sure, but when i broke the 8 minute mile this evening, it probably had nothing to do with eating better...

Ian